What exactly constitutes an Amber Alert in North Carolina? Can anyone ask law enforcement to issue one?

Q. What exactly constitutes an Amber Alert in North Carolina? Can anyone ask law enforcement to issue one?

A. State law sets the requirements for when an Amber Alert can be issued. All of the following conditions must be met:

□ The child is 17 years or younger.

□ The child is believed to have been abducted.

□ The child was not taken by a parent (unless the child is in danger).

□ The child is not believed to have left on his own (a runaway, for instance).

□ The abduction was reported to and is being investigated by a law-enforcement agency.

Amber stands for America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response. The acronym was derived in honor of Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped and killed in Texas in 1996.

North Carolina's Amber Alert system is a voluntary cooperative effort among state media broadcasters, local and state law enforcement, the N.C. Department of Transportation, and the N.C. Center for Missing Persons. The center issues the alerts at the request of law enforcement.

The highway signs help to immediately notify people of a criminally abducted child in their area. The Amber Alert hot line is 800-522-5437.


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